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We can do better than "at least sounds reasonable". Wiktionary is a detailed source for etymology (albeit not itself sourced): https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/le
by waqf 5y ago
We can do better than "at least sounds reasonable". Wiktionary is a detailed source for etymology (albeit not itself sourced): https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/let#Etymology_2 https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/let#Etymology_2
- chrismorgan 5y agoIn my response I was addressing the specific phrase “let or hindrance”; that let has historically been auto-antonymic is incontrovertible and well-documented and (whether rightly or wrongly) I was interpreting samatman’s comment as referring to the two specific contexts where I say it is still exhibits its historical auto-antonymicity.
- samatman 5y agoI was. I'm still convinced that the folky etymology we've found online for tennis is wrong, because "serve, let, fault" are all about the server. But that's hardly relevant.